Socrates’s argument at 30a-b of the Apology that the best possible state of the soul is the most important thing in life means to eliminate false beliefs and to have virtue. Specifically, I will show why Socrates wants to eliminate false beliefs and why he insist on having virtue is important in life. Then I will demonstrate why Socrates’ argument is incorrect because he fails to identify the true catalyst that drives his happiness. I conclude Socrates’s reasoning behind his arguments are logical
stay with this definition for now. Daniel O. Nathan is obviously an anti-intentionalist. In his paper “Art, Meaning and Artist’s Meaning”, he demonstrated some vulnerabilities of the current anti-intentionalism view, and then suggested some new arguments and development on the basis of it. Some of them are not very plausible. I will defend the intentionalist’s view by evaluating some of Nathan’s suggestions and point out the weakness of it. I would first examine a suggestion regrading the convention
point these days. In “The Argument Culture,” Deborah Tannen discusses how today’s society no longer honors the noble American tradition of debate. She explains how we no longer want to take the time to listen to both sides and definitely not all sides of an issue. We have become a society that would rather fight and argue, often to the point of violence. “The war on drugs, the war on cancer, the battle of the sexes, politicians’ turf battles- in the argument culture war metaphors pervade
Answers to fallacy exercise, Part 2. I. Identify the fallacies of sufficiency committed by the following arguments, giving a brief explanation for your answer. If no fallacy is committed, write "no fallacy."1 1. The Daily News carried an article this morning about three local teenagers who were arrested on charges of drug possession. Teenagers these days are nothing but a bunch of junkies. Hasty Generalization – not enough examples. 2. If a car breaks down on the freeway, a passing mechanic is
Moore used comical tactics as a way to appeal to his audience in this piece of literature. Michael Moore’s argument is that capitalism is destroying the nation’s economy rather than helping to develop it. The poor are suffering, while the richer are getting richer. The arguments that Moore used may not be considered tangible by all, but he definitely did have the evidence to support his argument. Michael Moore purpose was to expose this ground breaking issue of the dominance of corporate America through
Any argument relies upon some fundamental agreement about the issue being discussed. However great the divide in opinion may be, there must exist at least some similarity in the participants’ manner of viewing the issue if a solution is ever to be reached. Book One of Plato’s Republic features a disagreement between Socrates and Thrasymachus about the nature of justice. The disaccord between their views of the subject is extremely pronounced, but there are certain underlying agreements which guide
his behavior, which most likely seems to be the case, he should be suspended without pay fro 1 to 5 days. After that if he still does not change his behavior, he is subject to be terminated with cause. Question 3: If Peter is discharged, what arguments would the company lawyer use at arbitration? (10 marks) If the management decides to discharge Peter, he using his power will take the disciplinary action to attribution where the union will try to show that management did not have cause to the
what Beard’s main argument suggests is that it is not the artists that help us understand the importance of the vases because even if a vase is assigned to a specific time period or artist, there is
With this information, Pat 's arguments are sound and logical. c. Kelly Thomas arguments for the most part are emotional and unsound. Kelly seems to view the others are trying to remove power from him. d. Chris Martinas arguments seem to more emotional and some what sound. He is basing a lot on his experience as the VP of product and the understanding of the market segment and the limitation of the current product. 4. Describe specific fallacious arguments, and identify the people who hold
4. Assumed staff would work together amidst the challenges for the good of the company. Arguments: Cliff O 'Connor: Argument made by Cliff that a new product would "recapture our position as a market leader with our technology." Cliff further argues that Pat 's creativity is what AcuScan needs right now. Sees "Operation Optimize" as not very different from